Less than nine minutes and fewer than four questions isn’t enough to vet candidates for the Delaware judiciary, according to some legal observers. But that’s only the part that people see, government officials counter, saying there is a substantial and lengthy process that occurs before candidates reach the hearing.
Of the last nine judicial confirmations, only the hearings for Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. and Superior Court Judge Vivian Rapposelli exceeded 10 minutes, according to Delaware Law Weekly’s research. While Strine’s hearing lasted roughly 40 minutes, the General Assembly completed Rapposelli’s hearing only a few seconds past the 10-minute mark.
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